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TIL: Bananas (and kitty litter) are radioactive enough that they frequently trips the sensors at U.S. ports of entry meant to detect nuclear material being smuggled in shipping containers.

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d8l6Z TIL: Potato bugs are legitimately called "Jerusalem Crickets" but despite their common names, these insects are neither true crickets nor true bugs, nor are they native to Jerusalem.
1rg8 TIL that you are more likely to die as a drug dealer in Chicago than as a death row inmate in Texas.
BrGpy TIL that dentists did not wear gloves or eye masks until the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 80’s. All of the current protections we are wearing may also become permanent in some areas.
OoOea TIL Alexander Hamilton didn’t believe in democracy, which he labeled an American “disease.” He fought—with military force—any model of organizing the American political economy that might promote egalitarian politics. He was an authoritarian, and proud of it.
dlLj TIL that only 8% of Dunkin Donut’s sales are donuts.